Garter.



L. S. SCHRAM.

GARTER.

APPLICATION HLED JULY I4. 1916.

Patented May 2], i918.

LILY S. SCI-TEAM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

G-ARTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, T916.

Application filed July 14, 1916. Serial No. 109,236.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, LILY S. SGHRAM, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and use- 'ful Improvements in Garters, of which thefollowing is declared to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to garters and its primary object is to provideadjustment means of simple and practical construction whereby the lengthof the garter may be quickly and easily adjusted to suit the height ofthe wearer. With this and other objects in view this invention consistsin the several novel features of construction arrangement andcombination of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawing accompanying thisspecification, in which Figure 1, is a perspective view of the invention applied to corset garters, and Fig. 2, is a cross-section takenon the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referringto the drawing, the supporting strap 6 is preferably made ofelastic material and is adapted to be secured to a corset in the usualmanner. To the lower end of the elastic strap 6 is secured one end of aninelastic strap or ribbon 15, the other end of which may be secured tothe supporting strap 6, near the upper end thereof. The clasp 8 may beany of the usual and wellknown forms of clasps used on corset gartersand is preferably provided with a horizontal loop 8 through which theelastic supportstrap 6, is passed. It is also provided with the usualloop 9*, which co-acts with the usual member 10*, for securing the claspto a stocking. A snap fastener member 14 is secured to the lower end ofthe elastic supporting strap 6 and above said member 14B, is secured arow of co-acting snap fastener members 13 with any of which the snapfastener member 14*, may be connected to lengthen or shorten thedistance between the ends of the garter. The head or button member 14*of the snap fastener is preferably fastened to the lower end of theclastic strap 6, and the socket members are fastened to said strap onthe same side thereof but above said head or button member l k It is tobe observed that the inelastic strap or ribbon 15, covers all of thesnap fasteners regardless of any position of adjustment so that they maynot interfere with any of the other articles of apparel worn by theuser.

More or less variation of the exact construction shown and described ispossible without departing from the spirit of this invention; I desiretherefore not to limit myself to the exact form of the invention shownand described, but intend to point out all of the invention disclosedherein in the following claims.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-v tors Patent:

1. A garter comprising a supporting strap formed with an endless loop, astocking clasp member having a transverse eye through which extends theloop of the strap,

a snap fastener member secured to the bottom of said loop, and aplurality of co-act ing snap fastener members secured to said loop inalinement with each other, all of said snap fastener members beinglocated on the inside face of the loop.

2. A garter comprising a supporting strap formed with an endlesselongated loop comprising an elastic portion and an inelastic portionsecured thereto at top and bottom, a stocking clasp member having an eyethrough which extends said loop, a snap fastener member secured to saidelastic portion of the loop near its lower end, and coacting snapfastener members secured to said elastic portion of the loop above thefirst mentioned snap fastener member, and co-acting therewith to holdthe stocking clasp member in various positions of adjustment, said snapfastener members being located on the inner face of the loop.

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Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

